Tabel 1.2 Linguistic Category
No Types of Error
Number of Error
Frequency of Error
2 Types of Syntatical Error
a. Article
1 Omission article
11 2,22
2 Addition article
6 1,21
b. Misformation of verb I
for past event event 91
18,35 c.
Misselection of verb-ing for past
8 1,61
d. Pronoun
1 Misformation of
pronoun 11
2,22 2
Omission of pronoun
10 2,01
e. Omission of suffix -ed
in regular past tense 19
3,83 f.
Be as ful verb 1
Addition Be as ful verb
44 8,87
2 misformation Be as
ful verb 87
17,54 g.
Misformation of verb for past event
39 7,86
h. Misplace conjuction
76 15,32
i. Preposition
1 Omission of
preposition 28
5,64 2
Misformation of preposition
16 3,23
j. Misformation of to- as
infinitive 29
5,85 k.
Misformation of modality
20 4,03
396 79,83
c. Discourse Error
Discourse is the study of language. It is not only language itself but also how it relates with society, culture, and
through. According to Nunan 1993:5 “discourse can be defined as stretch of language consisting of several sentences which are perceived as being related in some way”. The scope of
discourse are generally structure, reference, and conjuction. Morever, discourse can be describe as written and spoken communication. The classifies of discourse error are substitution of verb,
susbtitition of clause, reference, conjuction. The researcher describe below:
1 Substitution of Verb
Substitution is the replacement of a wordgroup or sentence segment. The subtitution is covering verb, noun, and clause. In subtitution verb, some of freshmen replacement of verb group. The
researcher has found 7 data of error in subtitution verb. The example We
felt the rabbit sate
. The taste was like a chicken sate.
In the first sentence use felt as verb, whereas in second sentence explain taste as taste food, so understanable meaning in replacement verb phrase, the correct verb phrase is eat the
rabbit sate. 2
Substitition of Clause Substitution is the replacement of a wordgroup or sentence segment. The subtitution is covering
verb, noun, and clause. In subtitution clause, some of freshmen replacement of lack of clause. The researcher has found 8 data of error in subtitution clause. The example Finally, we come Borobudur temple,
we see artist her name Indra Bekti We Live Join to photos we happinness, after photos we see Indra Bekti shooting. and finally shooting break and my friends join to photos again with
Indra Bekti.
3 Reference
The act of referring to preceding or following element, deals with a semantics relationship. In reference, some of freshmen chosen lack of reference. The researcher has found 22 data of error in
reference. The example Last week
I and my Friend
go to Jogjakarta, at 07.00 a.m
our
on the way,
our
go with motorcycle. And
our
stop in the market for rest, after we rest , at the 08.00 a.m
we
on the way. Finally,
we
come Borobudur temple, we see artist
her
name
Indra Bekti
We Live Join to photos we happinness, after photos we see Indra Bekti shooting. and finally shooting break and my friends join to photos again with Indra Bekti.
In possesive pronoun is lack so called reference in discourse.
4 Conjuction
The signals relationship part of the sentence or text. There are four types of conjunction: additive and, temporal first, then… clausal conjuction such as because…, adversative However, on the
other hand…. In this research the researcher has found 24 data of error of conjunction. The data devided into two classifies, those are additive and clausal.
For example additive conjuction I’m crying
and
my friend
and
his sister take me to the post information.
But
the
solutions
is not take me to meet with my mother. For example clause conjuction We got the first place in this
competition. I was very happy,
Because
when we has prepared to this competition. We just have 2 months to prepared. Tabel 1.3
Linguistic Category No
Types of Error Number of
Error Frequency of
Error 1.
Type of Discourse
